"My guard (Hoskins) goes to the basket and gets a traveling violation," Aberdeen coach Cloyd Garth said. "But when we go back and review, we missed maybe 4 out of 6 free throws and Hoskins, out of all people, missed a breakaway layup. I''ve emphasized all year free throws and layups. They''re so important to winning our games."

The Lady Bulldogs led 29-25 at halftime.

As the third quarter began they settled into the fast-pace which they are accustomed.

The Lady Bulldogs dominated Houston for the next eight minutes.

Aberdeen lead 35-30 at the end of the third quarter.

The momentum seemed to favor the Lady Bulldogs.

But late in the game the Lady Hilltoppers took advantage of Aberdeen turnovers and missed free throws to surge and overtake the shocked Lady Bulldogs.

"We''ve only had one championship and that was back in 1985 in cross country," Houston coach Dana Buchanan said. "This is a big day for our program. This was a school confidence builder. Anytime any of our teams win it helps everybody else."

The Lady Bulldogs'' will travel to Jackson for the first round Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Reader Comments

Chancedy Pulliam commented at 3/16/2009 2:28:00 PM:

we played hard that game and we realy wanted to win....Aberdeen is a huge game for us and i felt we all did our parts. I feel i played a great deffensive game but then again against a great player like Jamieka Hoskins you must wonder what runs through my mind before a game.

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